Vinodh A. Kumar, M.D.
Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
About Dr. Kumar
Dr. Vinodh A. Kumar completed a fellowship in Neuroradiology at New York University Medical Center prior to joining MD Anderson Cancer Center. He is a Professor in the Department of Neuroradiology and is the Director of Clinical Functional MRI & Intraoperative Imaging. The emphasis of his clinical and research work is in advancing preoperative and intraoperative imaging techniques for brain tumor surgery.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Professor, Department of Neuroradiology, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Professor, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Research Interests
Advanced brain tumor imaging, perfusion imaging, functional MRI, resting-state functional MRI, intraoperative imaging
Clinical Interests
Brain Tumor Imaging,Head and Neck Tumor Imaging, Spinal Tumor Imaging, Headand Neck US Guided Procedures
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2001 | Loyola University Chicago: Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, US, MD |
| 1996 | Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US, Biology and Psychology, BA |
Postgraduate Training
| 2006-2008 | Clinical Fellowship, Neuroradiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York |
| 2002-2006 | Clinical Residency, Radiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas |
| 2001-2002 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois |
Board Certifications
| 2009 | American Board of Radiology with subspecialty in Neuroradiology (CAQ) |
| 2006 | American Board of Radiology |
Experience & Service
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Director of Clinical Functional MRI, Department of Neuroradiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2016 - Present
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Chair, Program Evaluation Committee for the Oncological Neuroradiology Fellowship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2022 - 2024
Member, Neuroradiology Executive Committee, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2019
Chair, Program Evaluation Committee for the Oncologic Neuroradiology Fellowship, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2016 - 2020
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Neuroradiology: Quality Working Group, 2022 - Present
Member, Neuroradiology: Educational Working Group, 2022 - Present
Member, Diagnostic Imaging: Faculty Functional Committee, 2020 - 2021
Member, Institutional: Faculty Appeals Committee, 2020 - 2023
Member, Institutional: Siemens Alliance Standardization Project, 2020 - Present
Member, Institutional: Credentials Committee of the Medical Staff, 2019 - 2022
Member, Neurosurgery/Neuro-Oncology: Brain Tumor Program Seminar Series, 2019 - Present
Member, Neurosurgery/Neuro-Oncology: Brain Tumor Center Executive Committee, 2018 - Present
Member, Institutional: CME Advisory Committee, 2018 - 2022
Member, Neurosurgery: Presurgical and Intraoperative Awake Brain Mapping Committee, 2018 - Present
Member, Neurosurgery: Intraoperative MRI Renovation Committee, 2018 - Present
Member, Diagnostic Imaging: Clinical Capital Equipment Committee, 2018 - Present
SEA Faculty Presenter: Topic: Innovation, Diagnostic Imaging: Service Excellence Academy (SEA), 2016 - 2017
Member, Diagnostic Imaging: Advanced Practice Providers (APP) Committee, 2015 - 2019
Member, Project: Modification of Brain MRI Neuro Protocols to reduce image acquisition, Neuroradiology: Clinical Safety & Effectiveness Project, 2014 - 2014
Honors & Awards
| 2024 | ARRS 2024 Bronze Award, American Roentgen Ray Society |
| 2022 | Reznek Prize, International Cancer Imaging Society |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Gule-Monroe M, Chasen N, Long JP, Kumar VA, Shah K, Chen M, Stafford J, Chung C, Wintermark M, Hou P, Sura E, Wang C, Weinberg J, Liu HL. Diagnostic Confidence of Contrast-Enhanced T1-Weighted MRI for the Detection of Brain Metastases: 3D FSE-vs. 3D GRE-Based Sequences. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39572196.
- Yadav D, Upadhyay R, Kumar VA, Chen MM, Johnson JM, Langshaw H, Curl BJ, Farhat M, Talpur W, Beckham TH, Yeboa DN, Swanson TA, Ghia AJ, Li J, Chung C. Additive Value of Magnetic Resonance Simulation Before Chemoradiation in Evaluating Treatment Response and Pseudoprogression in High-Grade Gliomas. Pract Radiat Oncol 14(6):e449-e457, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38685448.
- Dagher SA, Liu HL, Ozkara BB, Calle S, Kaya D, Gule-Monroe MK, Chasen NN, Schellingerhout D, Learned KO, Shah KB, Johnson JM, Sun J, Schomer DF, Kumar VA, Wintermark M, Majd NK, Nam JY, Chen MM. The Impact of MRI-Based Advanced Neuroimaging on Neurooncologists' Clinical Decision-Making in Patients With Posttreatment High-Grade Glioma: A Prospective Survey-Based Study. AJR Am J Roentgenol:1-15, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39140632.
- Kumar VA, Perez A, Young AL, Jones J, O'Brien BJ, Lang FF, Huse JT, Fuller GN. Collision tumor: Multinodular and vacuolating neuronal tumor with isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant diffuse astrocytoma. Neuropathology 44(5):333-337, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38414131.
- Teo JM, Kumar VA, Lee J, Eldaya RW, Hou P, Jen ML, Noll KR, Wei P, Ferguson SD, Prabhu SS, Wintermark M, Liu HL. Probabilistic Presurgical Language Functional MRI Atlas of Brain Tumor Patients. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38889968.
- Lee J, Kumar VA, Teo JM, Eldaya RW, Hou P, Noll KR, Ferguson SD, Prabhu SS, Liu HL. Comparative analysis of brain language templates with primary language areas detected from presurgical fMRI of brain tumor patients. Brain Behav 14(6):e3497, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38898620.
- Kumar VA, Lee J, Liu HL, Allen JW, Filippi CG, Holodny AI, Hsu K, Jain R, McAndrews MP, Peck KK, Shah G, Shimony JS, Singh S, Zeineh M, Tanabe J, Vachha B, Vossough A, Welker K, Whitlow C, Wintermark M, Zaharchuk G, Sair HI. Recommended Resting-State fMRI Acquisition and Preprocessing Steps for Preoperative Mapping of Language and Motor and Visual Areas in Adult and Pediatric Patients with Brain Tumors and Epilepsy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 45(2):139-148, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38164572.
- Noll, KR, Asman, P, Tasnim, I, Hall, M, Connelly, K, Swamy, CP, Ene, CI, Tummala, S, Grasu, R, Liu, HL, Kumar, VA, Muir, M, Prinsloo, S, Michener, H, Wefel, JS, Ince, NF, Prabhu, SS. Intraoperative language mapping guided by real-time visualization of gamma band modulation electrocorticograms. Neuro-Oncology Practice 11(1):92-99, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38222047.
- Lee J, Chen MM, Liu HL, Ucisik FE, Wintermark M, Kumar VA. MR Perfusion Imaging for Gliomas. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 32(1):73-83, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38007284.
- Noll KR, Asman P, Tasnim I, Hall M, Connelly K, Swamy C, Ene C, Tummala S, Grasu RM, Liu HL, Kumar VA, Muir M, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Wefel JS, Ince NF, Prabhu SS. Intraoperative language mapping guided by real-time visualization of gamma band modulation electrocorticograms: Case report and proof of concept. Neuro-Oncology Practice, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Farhat M, Fuller GN, Wintermark M, Chung C, Kumar VA, Chen M. Multifocal and Multicentric Glioblastoma: Imaging Signature, Molecular Characterization, Patterns of Spread, and Treatment. Neuroradiol J:19714009231193162. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37559514.
- Young AL, Kundu S, Tappa KK, Hou P, Liu HL, Kumar VA. Incidence of resting-state functional connectivity to secondary language areas and contralateral language areas in patients with brain tumors. Neuroradiol J:1-8. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 37596790.
- Connelly K, Gurd L, Noll KR, Prabhu S, Kumar VA, Hutcheson KA. A Framework for Integrating Speech-Language Pathology in an Interdisciplinary Awake Craniotomy Program for Brain Tumor Resection. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2022. e-Pub 2022.
- Muir M, Gadot R, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Traylor J, Athukuri P, Tummala S, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS. Comparative study of preoperative functional imaging combined with tractography for prediction of iatrogenic motor deficits. J Neurosurg:1-8. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36433877.
- Pease M, Gersey ZC, Ak M, Elakkad A, Kotrotsou A, Zenkin S, Elshafeey N, Mamindla P, Kumar VA, Kumar AJ, Colen RR, Zinn PO. Pre-operative MRI radiomics model non-invasively predicts key genomic markers and survival in glioblastoma patients. J Neurooncol 160(1):253-263, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36239836.
- Yeh MY, Chen HS, Hou P, Kumar VA, Johnson JM, Noll KR, Prabhu SS, Ferguson SD, Schomer DF, Peng HH, Liu HL. Cerebrovascular Reactivity Mapping Using Resting-State Functional MRI in Patients with Gliomas. J Magn Reson Imaging. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35396789.
- Muir M, Patel R, Traylor J, de Almeida Bastos DC, Prinsloo S, Liu HL, Noll K, Wefel J, Tummala S, Kumar V, Prabhu S. Validation of non-invasive language mapping modalities for eloquent tumor resection: a pilot study. Front Neurosci 16:833073, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35299624.
- Muir M, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Shetty A, de Almeida Bastos DC, Traylor J, Ene C, Tummala S, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) seeded tractography provides superior prediction of eloquence compared to anatomic seeded tractography. Neurooncol Adv 4(1):vdac126, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36128584.
- Muir M, Prinsloo S, Michener H, Traylor JI, Patel R, Gadot R, de Almeida Bastos DC, Kumar VA, Ferguson S, Prabhu SS. TMS Seeded Diffusion Tensor Imaging Tractography Predicts Permanent Neurological Deficits. Cancers (Basel) 14(2), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35053503.
- Krivosheya D, Rao G, Tummala S, Kumar V, Suki D, Bastos DCA, Prabhu SS. Impact of Multi-modality Monitoring Using Direct Electrical Stimulation to Determine Corticospinal Tract Shift and Integrity in Tumors using the Intraoperative MRI. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 82(4):375-380, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 31659724.
- Gogia B, Young AL, O'Brien BJ, Okhuysen PC, Kumar VA. Bihemispheric cortical infarcts in an adult secondary to Escherichia coli K1 meningitis. Case Rep Neurol 13(2):572-577, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34720964.
- Chen HS, Kumar VA, Johnson JM, Chen MM, Noll KR, Hou P, Prabhu SS, Schomer DF, Liu HL. Effect of Brain Normalization Methods on the Construction of Functional Connectomes from Resting-state Functional MRI in Patients with Gliomas. Magn Reson Med. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33533052.
- Bastos DCA, Vega RA, Traylor JI, Ghia AJ, Li J, Oro M, Bishop AJ, Yeboa DN, Amini B, Kumar VA, Rao G, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE. Spinal Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: Single-Center Experience and Outcomes in the First 120 Cases. J Neurosurg Spine:1-10. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33307530.
- Bastos DCA, Weinberg J, Kumar VA, Fuentes DT, Stafford J, Li J, Rao G, Prabhu SS. Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in the treatment of brain metastases and radiation necrosis. Cancer Lett 489:9-18, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32504657.
- Noll KR, Chen HS, Wefel JS, Kumar VA, Hou P, Ferguson SD, Rao G, Johnson JM, Schomer DF, Suki D, Prabhu SS, Liu HL. Alterations in functional connectomics associated with neurocognitive changes following glioma resection. Neurosurgery, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33080024.
- Trevino CR, Paulino AC, Kumar VA, Majd N, Penas-Prado M. Radiation-induced central demyelination, report of a rare subacute complication and review of the literature. Journal Neuroimmunology and Neuroinflammation, 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Hsu AL, Chen HS, Hou P, Wu CW, Johnson JM, Noll KR, Prabhu SS, Ferguson SD, Kumar VA, Schomer DF, Chen JH, Liu HL. Presurgical resting-state functional MRI language mapping with seed selection guided by regional homogeneity. Magn Reson Med 84(1):375-383, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31793025.
- Kumar VA, Heiba IM, Prabhu SS, Chen MM, Colen RR, Young AL, Johnson JM, Hou P, Noll K, Ferguson SD, Rao G, Lang FF, Schomer DF, Liu HL. The role of resting-state functional MRI for clinical preoperative language mapping. Cancer Imaging 20((1):47):47, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32653026.
- Bastos DCA, Rao G, Oliva ICG, Loree JM, Fuentes DT, Stafford RJ, Beechar VB, Weinberg JS, Shah K, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS. Predictors of Local Control of Brain Metastasis Treated With Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy. Neurosurgery 87(1):112-122, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31539421.
- Bastos DCA, Fuentes DT, Traylor J, Weinberg J, Kumar VA, Stafford J, Li J, Rao G, Prabhu SS. The Use of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in the Treatment of Brain Metastases: A Literature Review. Int J Hyperthermia 37(2):53-60, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32672122.
- Quirarte JA, Kumar VA, Liu HL, Noll KR, Wefel JS, Lang FF. Language supplementary motor area syndrome correlated with dynamic changes in perioperative task-based functional MRI activations: case report. J Neurosurg:1-5. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32502992.
- Salem U, Kumar VA, Madewell JE, Schomer DF, Bastos DCA, Zinn PO, Weinberg JS, Rao G, Prabhu SS, Colen RR. Neurosurgical applications of MRI guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT). Cancer Imaging 19(1):65, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31615562.
- Traylor JI, Bastos DCA, Fuentes D, Muir M, Patel R, Kumar VA, Stafford RJ, Rao G, Prabhu SS. Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI in Patients with Brain Metastases Undergoing Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy: A Pilot Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 40(9):1451-1457, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31371353.
- Hamouda D, Nascimento FA, Weathers SP, Kumar VA. Stroke-like Migraine Attacks after Radiation Therapy (SMART) Syndrome. Arq Neuropsiquiatr 77(3):215, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30970135.
- Gogia B, Chavali LS, Lang FF, Hayman LA, Rai P, Prabhu SS, Schomer DF, Kumar VA. MRI venous architecture of insula. J Neurol Sci 390:156-161, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29801878.
- Chen MM, Chen SR, Diaz-Marchan P, Schomer D, Kumar VA. Anterior inferior cerebellar artery strokes based on variant vascular anatomy of the posterior circulation: clinical deficits and imaging territories. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 27(4), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29150242.
- Hsu AL, Hou P, Johnson JM, Wu CW, Noll KR, Prabhu SJ, Ferguson SD, Kumar VA, Schomer DA, Hazle JD, Chen JH, Liu HL. IClinfMRI software for integrating functional MRI techniques in presurgical mapping and clinical studies. Front Neuroinform 12(1), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29593520.
- Economides MP, Ballester LY, Kumar VA, Jiang Y, Tarrand J, Prieto V, Torres HA, Kontoyiannis DP. Invasive mold infections of the central nervous system in patients with hematologic cancer or stem cell transplantation (2000-2016): uncommon, with improved survival but still deadly often. J Infect 75(6), 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 28919347.
- Gogia B, Kumar VA, Chavali LS, Ketonen L, Hunter J, Prabhu SS, Schomer D, Hayman LA. MRI venous architecture of the thalamus. J Neurol Sci 370:88-93, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27772794.
- Kumar VA, Esmaeli B, Ahmed S, Gogia B, Debnam JM, Ginsberg LE. Imaging features of malignant lacrimal sac and nasolacrimal duct tumors. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27418476.
- Davoudi S, Kumar VA, Jiang Y, Kupferman M, Kontoyiannis DP. Invasive mould sinusitis in patients with haematological malignancies: a 10 year single-centre study. J Antimicrob Chemother 70(10):2899-905, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26188039.
- Shah KB, Hayman LA, Chavali LS, Hamilton JD, Prabhu SS, Wangaryattawanich P, Kumar VA, Kumar AJ. Glial tumors in brodmann area 6: spread pattern and relationships to motor areas. Radiographics 35(3):793-803, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25969935.
- Shahar T, Rozovski U, Marko NF, Tummala S, Ziu M, Weinberg JS, Rao G, Kumar VA, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Preoperative imaging to predict intraoperative changes in tumor-to-corticospinal tract distance: an analysis of 45 cases using high-field intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging. Neurosurgery 75(1):23-30, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24618800.
- Vabulas M, Kumar VA, Hamilton JD, Martinez JJ, Rao G, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Real-time atlas-based stereotactic neuronavigation. Neurosurgery 74(1):128-34; discussion 134, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24089050.
- Kumar VA, Hamilton J, Hayman LA, Kumar AJ, Rao G, Weinberg JS, Sawaya R, Prabhu SS. Deformable anatomic templates (DAT) improve analysis of gliomas with minimal mass effect in eloquent areas. Neurosurgery 73(3):534-42, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23728447.
- Kumar VA, Shah KB, Ginsberg LE. Perineural tumor spread to the oculomotor (CN III) nerve. J Comput Assist Tomogr 37(4):525-7, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23863527.
- Munoz J, Kumar VA, Hamilton J, Pasche LJ, Langford LA, Taggart MW, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Tummala S, Moulder S, Kurzrock R. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: more than meets the eye. J Clin Oncol. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23733774.
- Shivaprasad S, Shroff G, Kumar VA. Vein of labbe thrombosis by CT and MRI. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 83(12):1168-1169, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22842712.
- Hayman LA, Kumar VA, Hamilton J, Prabhu SS, Thiebaut de Schotten M, Al-Zubidi N, Pagani J, Vabulas M, Groneman M, Kumar AJ. Deformable anatomic templates embed knowledge into patient's brain images: part 1. Construction and display. J Comput Assist Tomogr 36(3):354-359, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22592623.
- Sweeny S, Kumar VA, Tayar J, Weber D, Safdar A, Alonso C, Hymes S. Case 181: synovitis acne pustulosis hyperostosis osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome. Radiology 263(2):613-617, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22517965.
- Hamilton JD, Kumar VA, Hayman LA, Prabhu SS, Hou P, Jackson EF, Groneman M, Pagani J, Vabulas M, Kumar AJ. Deformable anatomic templates embed knowledge into brain images: part 2. Validation using functional magnetic resonance imaging of the motor hand. J Comput Assist Tomogr 36(2):280-284, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22446375.
- Sweeney SA, Kumar VA, Tayar J, Weber DM, Safdar A, Alonso C, Hymes S. Case 181. Radiology 262(1):361-363, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Kumar VA, Hofstede TM, Ginsberg LE. CT imaging features of obturator prostheses in patients following palatectomy or maxillectomy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 32(10):1926-1929, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21799037.
- Kumar VA, Knopp EA, Zagzag D. Magnetic resonance dynamic susceptibility-weighted contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging in the diagnosis of posterior fossa hemangioblastomas and pilocytic astrocytomas: initial results. J Comput Assist Tomogr 34(6):825-829, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21084895.
- Kumar AJ, Leeds NE, Kumar VA, Fuller GN, Lang FF, Milas Z, Weinberg JS, Ater JL, Sawaya R. Magnetic resonance imaging features of pilocytic astrocytoma of the brain mimicking high-grade gliomas. J Comput Assist Tomogr 34(4):601-611, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20657231.
- Kumar VA, Lewin JS, Ginsberg LE. CT assessment of vocal cord medialization. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 27(8):1643-1646, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16971603.
Manuals, Teaching Aids, Other Teaching Publications
- Eldaya R, Hou P, Noll K, Liu H, Kumar VA. Functional Case of the Day: task-based fMRI and resting state fMRI in a Mandarin speaking patient, 2023.
- Kumar VA, Fuller G. Functional Case of the Day: MVNT and Diffuse Glioma Collision Tumor, 2021.
Other Articles
- Vachha BA, Kumar VA, Pillai JJ, Shimony J, Tanabe J, Sair HI Resting-State Functional MRI: Current State, Controversies, Limitations, and Future Directions-AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 2024. PMID: 39660823.
Editorials
- Kumar VA. The use of susceptibility-weighted imaging as an indicator of retrograde leptomeningeal venous draining and venous congestion with dural arteriovenous fistula: diagnosis and follow-up after treatment. Neurosurgery 72(1):47-55, 2013.
Abstracts
- Noll K, Bradshaw M, Chen H, Wefel J, Sullaway C, Thomas A, Kumar VA, Prabhu S, Ho-Ling L. Changes in functional connectivity after surgery are associated with decline in functional independence in patients with eloquent glioma. Neuro-Oncology 25(5):v249, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Noll K, Chen H, Bradshaw M, Wefel J, Sullaway C, Thomas A, Kumar VA, Prabhu S, Ho-Ling L. Variability in anxiety and depression symptoms after eloquent glioma resection is associated with changes in functional connectomic properties. Neuro-Oncology 25(5):v248, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Gogia B, Kumar VA, O'Brien B. Bihemispheric Cortical Infarcts in a Patient with E.Coli Meningitis. American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada (In person meeting canceled due to Covid), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Chen H, Kumar VA, Prabhu SS, Noll KR, Ferguson SD, Rao G, Hou P, Johnson JM, H-L L. Simulation of postsurgical functional connectome for presurgical resting-state fMRI: optimization and validation. ISMRM 28th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (Virtual), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Patel R, Muir M, Bastos DCA, Traylor J, Srivatsan A, Tummula S, H-L L, Kumar VA, Prabu S. Validation of Preoperative Language Mapping Modalities: A Comparison of fMRI, nTMS and DCS. 2019 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Trevino CR, Paulino A, Perez-Regadera J, Ruiz-Morales J, Kumar VA, Penas-Prado M. Radiation-Induced Central Demyelination, A Rare Subacute Complication in 2 Cases. The Society of Neuro-Oncology Annual Meeting, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Wefel JS, Tortarolo C, Giordano S, Rao V, Sulman E, Hou P, Kumar AJ, Kumar VA, Kesler S. Subcomponent processes underlying learning and memory decline associated with cancer and cancer therapy in women with breast cancer. 2018 International Cognition and Cancer Task Force Conference Program Book, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Cherif A, Yang DJ, Wong FL, Choe JG, Kumar VA, Kim EE, Podolff DA. In vivo tissue distribution of radioiodinated Emodin and Rutin: tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Society of Nuclear Medicine 44th Annual Meeting, 1997. e-Pub 1997.
Book Chapters
- Kamali, A, Kumar, VA, Hasan, KM, Maheshwari, M, Klein, AP, Talekar, KS, Ulmer, JL, Faro, SH. DTI, 1061-1084, 2023.
- Sahu A, Snehil A, Kumar V, Mahjan A. Functional Neuro-Oncological Imaging. In: Comprehensive Textbook of Clinical Radiology, 2023.
- Kamali A, Kumar VA, Talekar KS, Maheshwari M, Klein AP, Ulmer J, Faro SH. DTI: Functional Anatomy of Key Tracts. In: Functional Neuroradiology: Principles and Clinical Applications, 2023.
- Johnson JM, Gule-Monroe MK, Kwon M, Ahmed S, Schellingerhout D, Kumar VA, Edeiken-Monroe BS, Debnam JM. Pattern recognition of benign and malignant thyroid nodules: Ultrasound characteristics and ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules. In: Advanced Thyroid and Parathyroid Ultrasound. Springer International Publishing, 2017.
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2023. Translation of rs-fMRI to the Clinic. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2021. Preoperative Functional MRI. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2020. Preoperative, Intraoperative and Post-treatment Advanced Brain Tumor Imaging. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2020. Intraoperative MRI: 1.5T vs. 3T. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Clinical Research in Neuroradiology. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2018. Preoperative and Intraoperative Imaging. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2018. Intrathecal tumors. Conference. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Houston, TX, US.
- 2016. Advance Brain Tumor Imaging and Preoperative/Intraoperative Imaging for Neurosurgery. Conference. Shriner Children's Hospital. Houston, TX, US.
- 2016. Imaging of Acoustic Neuromas. Conference. Acoustic Neuroma Association. Houston, TX, US.
- 2014. Conventional and Advanced MR Imaging of Brain Tumors. Conference. Shriner's Children Hospital. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Imaging and Pathology of the Brain. Conference. Shriner’s Children Hospital. Houston, TX, US.
- 2010. Neuroanatomic planning for Gamma Knife treatment of Brain Lesions. Conference. Baylor College of Medicine, VA Hospital. Houston, TX, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2024. ABTI in Neuro-Oncology. Invited. MD Anderson Cancer Network Neuro-Oncology Integration Seminar. Virtual, US.
- 2020. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Applications in Neuroradiology. Invited. UT Health San Antonio. San Antonio, TX, US.
- 2019. Preoperative task fMRI, resting state fMRI and DTI. Invited. UT Health San Antonio. San Antonio, TX, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Resting-State fMRI: Can it be used in Clinical Practice?. Invited. Radiological Society of North America 110th Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2024. VR and AR for Presurgical Planning. Invited. American Society of Neuroradiology 62nd Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV, US.
- 2023. Advanced Imaging of Treated Brain Tumors: A Case-based Session. Invited. Radiological Society of North America 109th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2023. Abstract Reviewer. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 61st Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2023. Intraoperative MRI: Brain / Spine. Invited. American Society of Neuroradiology 61st Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2022. Post-Treatment Glioma - Perfusion Imaging. Invited. Radiological Society of North America 108th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2021. Invited Lecture: Resting-State fMRI Clinical Applications & Reproducibility. Invited. American Society of Functional Neuroradiology 14th Annual Meeting. Santa Fe, NM, US.
- 2020. Abstract Reviewer - Functional Neuroanatomy. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 58th Annual Meeting (Virtual), US.
- 2019. Invited Education Course and Workshop: Virtual Reality (VR) Improves Analysis of Complex Brain and Skull Base Tumors (Hands-on). Invited. Radiological Society of North America 105th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2019. Invited Lecture: Clinical Implementation of resting-state fMRI. Invited. American Society of Functional Neuroradiology 13th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, US.
- 2019. Oral Presentation: The Role of Clinical Resting-State fMRI for Pre-operative Language Mapping When Task-based fMRI is Limited. Conference. Eastern Neuroradiology Society 31st Annual Meeting. Brooklyn, NY, US.
- 2019. Oral Presentation: Brain Atlas (BA) and Virtual Reality (VR) Improves Analysis of Complex Brain and Skull Base Tumors. Conference. Intraoperative Imaging Society Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2019. Oral Presentation: Resting-state fMRI improves localization of eloquent speech and motor areas in glioma patients. Conference. Intraoperative Imaging Society Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, US.
- 2018. Invited Education Course and Workshop - 3D/VR/AR Imaging: Staying on the Cutting Edge of Brain Anatomy/Pathology. Invited. Radiological Society of North America 104th Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2018. Oral Presentation: Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT) for the Treatment of Brain Metastasis and Radiation Necrosis. Conference. Eastern Neuroradiology Society 30th Annual Meeting. South Hampton, US.
- 2010. Oral Presenation: Structured intrinsic brain tumor imaging: evaluation of 100 cases using anatomic templates (Brain Atlas). Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 48th Annual Meeting and Symposium. Boston, MA, US.
- 2009. Oral Presentation: CT imaging appearance of obturators prostheses in patients status post partial palatectomy. Conference. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 40th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2008. Oral Presentation: Dynamic susceptibiltiy contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging in the evaluation of anti-angiogenesis therapy in glioblastoma multiforme. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 46th Annual Meeting and Symposium. New Orleans, LA, US.
- 2007. Oral Presentation: MR and dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced perfusion imaging in the evaluation of cerebellar hemangioblastoma and juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 45th Annual Meeting and Symposium. Chicago, IL, US.
- 2007. Oral Presentation: Computed tomography assessment of medialization thryoplasty. Conference. American Society of Head and Neck Radiology 38th Annual Meeting and Symposium. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2003. Oral Presentation: MR imaging features of aggressive looking juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma of the brain. Conference. American Society of Neuroradiology 41st Annual Meeting and Symposium. Washington, DC, US.
International Presentations
- 2022. Educational National/International Lecture Webinar: Brain Tumor Perfusion Imaging with Pathology Correlation. Invited. American Society of Functional Neuroradiology, US.
- 2021. Invited Lecture: Advanced Techniques in Functional Imaging. Invited. VI NeuroOncology Course, A Multidisciplinary Approach, CL.
- 2021. Educational National/International Lecture Webinar: DTI: Dorsal and Ventral Streams of Language. Invited. American Society of Functional Neuroradiology, US.
- 2020. Educational National/International Lecture Webinar: fMRI and DTI - Language Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome. Invited. American Society of Functional Neuroradiology, US.
- 2011. Invited: Neurosurgery Brain Atlas Workshop. Invited. World Congress on Brain, Spinal Cord Mapping & Image Guided Therapy 8th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, US.
- 2011. Validation of deformable anatomic template guided neurosurgery for gliomas in speech and motor areas. Conference. American Association of Neurological Surgeons 79th Annual Scientific Meeting. Denver, US.
- 2011. Validation of anatomical atlas-guided neurosurgery for gliomas in speech and motor area. Conference. Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting. Dallas, US.
Formal Peers
- 2021. Presurgical and Intraoperative Neuroradiology. Visiting. Thomas Jefferson University. Philadelphia, PA, US.
- 2021. Presurgical and Intraoperative Advanced Brain Tumor Imaging. Visiting. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Galveston, TX, US.
- 2018. Preoperative Brain Mapping: The Role of fMRI and DTI. Visiting. Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, TX, US.
- 2012. Brain Tumor Imaging and Functional MRI. Invited. Annual Kempfer Functional Neuroanatomy Seminar Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, TX, US.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2022 - Present |
| Title: | A Comprehensive Clinical fMRI Software Solution to Enable Mapping of Critical Functional Networks and Cerebrovascular Reactivity in the Brain |
| Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
| Role: | Co-I |
| ID: | NIH 1-R01CA258788-01A1 |
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